Railway-tie.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OBSON N. KELLY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

RAILWAY-TIE. '2

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 20, 1911.

Application filed December 29, 1910. SeriaI No. 599,811.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Onson N. KELLY, a

-citizen of the United States, residing at Salt 'Lake City, in' the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway- Ties, of'which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyin drawings.-

his invention is an improved channeled metallic railway tie combined with wooden blocks for supporting the rails and improved devices for fastenin the blocks in thetie, and the rails on the b ocks, the invention consisting in 'the construction, combination: and arrangement of devices hereinafter deicrililed and claimed. d F 1 n t e accompan ing rawin igureis partly an GlBVILtI OII and part??? longitudinal sectional view of a railway tie embodying my improvements, and showing the same in connection with a pair of rails supported on the tie. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the lane indicated by the linen-a of Fig. 1. ig. 3 is a detail; rspective view of one of the securthe nut detachedtherefrom. Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the hook arms.

,a live the sidewalls ofjthe tie. A securing bolt 6 extends transversely tie. The belt is disposed some distance 49' within theplane of the vertical center of the- The tie 1 is made of iron or steel. and is channel shaped comprising the bottom '2,

and 'the side walls 3. Blocks 4 which are of wood and which support the rails 5, are placed in the tie at suitable points. The n surfaces of the blocks are somewhat through eac blocks and through the side walls" of the grail as indicated in Fig. 1 and one end of the boltwhich projects beyond one side of the tie is provided with a wedge shaped head 7, the sides of which converge inwar The other end of the bolt is screwthrea ed ass-at 8, and a nut 9 is provided to screw thereoni.----A- pair of hook arms 10,

11 are used in connection with each securing bioit. The shank -12 of-. the hook arm 10 is somewhat shorter than the shank 13 of the :hook arm 11' and is. rovided with an opening 14 forthe reception ofthe wedge shaped head 7, and the bill 15 oi said hook arm bears on the we flahge of the track rail and is somewhat longer than the-c0115; resposding b l- .69? eh sk e 11, wh ch,

bo ts showing the wedge shaped sleeve,

bears on the outer base flange of the rail. The shank 1 3 of the hook arm 11, has an openlng 14 in which is a wedge shaped sleeve 17 through which'the bolt 6. extends, the said sleeve being movable longitudinally on the bolt by the nut9 and hence when the nut is tightened, the wedge shaped sleeve tightens. the hook arm 11 on the outer base flange of the rail, and at the same time the ion 'tudi nal movementof the bolt 6 causes the ead7 thereof to correspondingly tighten the hook arm 12 on theinner base flange of the rail. Hence the rail is firmly secured on the block and also to the tie .and the block also is secured in-the tie with the side walls of -the t1efirmly gripping the sides of the block, and should the block shrink at any time, the hook arms may be readily tightenedon the .rail by merely turning up'the nut 9. Moreover, the hook arms may beadjustedas may be required to fitthem tolr'ails of various sizes, and as may be required for curves.

in the side walls of the tie The openings correspond in shape with the wedge shaped head and sleeve of the bolt so that there is notendency whatever of the bolt to turn.

By locatin the securing bolt at a oint to one side 0 the plane 0 the vertica center of the rail, and nearer the inner side of therail than the outer side thereof, the hook,

arm 12 is disposed at such an an Is to the inner base flange of the rail that its bill 15 lies snugly on the upper side thereof, and" the rail is held firmly against any tendency toturn under the action and, stress ofpassmg ,trams and moreover, the..-hook arms which grip both the inner and "outer sides of the ra ls eflectually prevent the rails from spreading.

-M improve rail securing devices maybe readily manufactured at slightcostymay be readily applied to and removed from "a tie block and railw ay rail, and should any one of the parts becomeinjured or broken, it may be readily replaced by another in a very short time and at-minimum expense.

i The tie is provided in its bottom preferably at a central point with an opening 1, for draining water from the tie, and at opposite sides of the said opening are downturned anchoring flanges 1", which-are in- -tegral with the bottom of the tie and are formed b down-turned portions thereof.

Atthe en s of the tie the side walls arelcut yertically as at 1 to form'portions 1 which are turned downwardly and become embedded in the road bed and serves to firmly sepure the tie against transverse movement on the road bed, the flanges l" securing the tie against end-wise movement.

My improved tie with its rail securing devices, is extremely simple, is very strong and durable, "s cheap may be readily manufactured, ,is practicable, will operate efiiciently, and its use greatly dpromoftes safety,

ing 0 the rails since overturning or sprea is prevented.

I claim ,1. The combination of a hollow tie, a block therein, a securing bolt extending through the tie and'blook, and rail securing devices connected to the said bolt, said rail securing devices, having 0 enings for the bolt, said bolt having awe ge shap the 0' ening of one of sand securing devices, a we ge sha ed sleeve to engage the opening of the otlier securing device, and means to adjust said sleeve.

2.,In combination with a hollow tie, a

block therein, a rail on said block, a securing bolt extending through the block and the side walls of the tie, and provided at one endwith a wedge shaped head, a hook arm engaging one base flange of having an opening through which the said head of sai bolt extends, a hookwarm ened head to engagethe rail, and

gaging the other base flange of the rail, and having an opening a we ge shaped sleeve in said opening and fitted and movable on said bolt, and a nut on said bolt bearing a ainst the outer end of said wedge shape s eeve.

3. In combination with a hollow tie, and a block therein, a track rail bearingon said block, a securing bolt passing through said block and the side walls of the tie, and located to one side of the vertical plane of the center of said rail hook arms connected to the said bolt and engaging the opposite base flange of the rail and means to adjust said hook arms.

4. A railway tie formed, from a single.

piece of metal, and comprising a bottom and side walls, the bottom being provided with an opening,

and being. also provided at the ends of the tie with downturned anchoring flanges parallel with the sidewalls of the tie.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses J. W Gno.

. Charmin, S. LIVINGSTON.

and downturned anchoringflanges at opposite sides of said opening,-

onson N; KELLY, 

